| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Daphnaea and Daphnaeus" | Greek | Surnames of Artemis and Apollo respectively, derived from a laurel, which was sacred to Apollo. In the case of Artemis it is uncertain why she bore that surname, and it was perhaps merely an allusion to her statue being made of laurel-wood. Greek |
"Daphne" | Greek | A fair maiden who is mixed up with various traditions about Apollo. According to Pausanias she was an Oreas and an ancient priestess of the Delphic oracle to which she had been appointed by Ge. Diodorus describes her as the daughter of Teiresias, who is better known by the name of Manto. Greek |
| Goddess name "Daphne" | Greek | Oracular goddess. A number of oracular shrines were dedicated to her in various places in Asia Minor, including Antiocheia, Mopsuestia (Cilicia), Sura and Patara (Lycia), Telmessos (Caria). Represented by the laurel Dapbne she is linked with the Dapbnepboria festivals honoring APOLLO. Tradition has it that she was changed into the laurel to avoid sexual submission to the god.... |
| Nymph name "Daphnis" | Greek | A Sicilian hero, to whom the invention of bucolic poetry is ascribed. He is called a son of Hermes by a nymph, or merely the beloved of Hermes. Ovid calls him an Idaean shepherd; but it does not follow from this that Ovid connected him with either the Phrygian or the Cretan Ida, since Ida signifies any woody mountain. Greek |
| Goddess name "Darago" | Philippines | Goddess of fire and volcanos. Philippines |
"Daramulum" | Australia | Lunar being and mediator between the creator and humans. Australia |
| God name "Daramulum" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Otherwise known as Gayandi he is the son of BAIAME and BIRRAHGNOOLOO and is worshiped principally by the Wiradyuri and Kamilaroi groups of aborigines in the southeast of Australia, who regard him as an intermediary between his father, the supreme being, and the human race. To an extent this role may have developed through Christian missionary influence.... |
| Demon name "Darawigal" | Australian aboriginal | Personification of evil. This demonic deity stands opposed to BAIAME, the creator spirit who represents good in the world. He is generally recognized as an offspring of Baiame who once lived in the sky but fell from grace during the Dreamtime and was sent to the underworld as its ruler. From there he now dispenses death and sickness.... |
| Demon name "Darbas" | India | The Tearers. Rakshasas and other destructive demons. |
"Dardåñuś" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Electra, the daughter of Atlas. He was the brother of Jasus, Jasius, Jason, or Jasion, Aetion and Harmonia, and his native place in the various traditions is Arcadia, Crete, Troas, or Italy. Dardåñuś is the mythical ancestor of the Trojans, and through them of the Romans. It is necessary to distinguish between the earlier Greek legends and the later ones which we meet with in the poetry of Italy. Greek |
| Angel name "Dark Angel" | Hebrew | The angel who wrestled with Jacob the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. There has long been question as to which angel was sent to wrestle Jacob. Hebrew |
"Darkness Angel of" | Christian | Often said to be Satan or the fallen Lucifer. Christian |
| God name "Daronwy" | Wales | This god appears only in the songs / Book of Taleisin |
| Goddess name "Darzamat" | Latvia | Goddess of the gardens. Latvia |
| Goddess name "Dashizhi" | China | Goddess of knowledge. China |
"Dasim" | Arabic | A son of Iblis, a jinn, who causes hatred between husband and wife. Arabic |
| Angel name "Daspi" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
"Dasyllius" | Greek | The giver of foliage. Greek |
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